Photograph by Harold F. Weston
THE PORTALS OF PERSEPOLIS, THROUGH WHICH THE ARMIES OF DARIUS AND
XERXES WENT FORTH TO CONQUER ASIA MINOR
Here is shown the northern entrance to the Hall of a Hundred Columns where Darius held court 2400
years ago. The effigy of the great king mounted on his throne and surrounded by his subjects, is seen in bas
relief on the portal.
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